So, I've been " natural " for atleast 7 months now( well i straightened it maybe 4 or 5 times inbetween for special events ) and still nothing. I thought for awhile that was hair was getting better. I roots were curling up and it started growing longer. Then I brushed it out one day and since then . . I have curly roots and straight everything else. I didn't use a regular soft bristle brush. I used the ones that look like a comb and brushed mixed together.

I've tried deep conditioning, not straightening it anymore, many different vitamins, different hair products. They all seem to work for maybe a week or two then I'm right back to struggling. And putting my hair into any kind of scrunchie or clip just takes the curls right back out of my hair. Brushing and combing too. I'm at a complete dead end and I'm ready to give up.

When you straightened your hair, did you use a CG heat protectant? I've been looking for one but have had no luck and dont want to give up with the method! I straightened my hair once with cones, then shampooed it all out ... alteast I THINK all of its out :s... anyways, now it's not as soft as it was before i straightened it.

And yah, don't EVER brush you're hair, since I've stopped, my hair has gone from a frizzy ball of dry fluff to gorgeous curls... ya know, until now